"ZuperOctave is an exploration of sound and space. After establishing his sound in the classic jazz trio and
quartet, Hekselman goes exploring with a bass-less semi-electronic band employing some of his old songs and
adding some especially written ones to the repertoire."

The modern world would be entirely different without the contributions of French Revolutionary physicist/mathematician Joseph Fourier. Matthew Herman, mathematician and musician, will take us on a journey of Fourier’s impact on art and science. Music and MRI, harmony and Hedy Lamarr, analysis of the genome, USA spying on the Soviet Union, and more!

Music! Matt, along with cosmologist and author of the critically acclaimed The Jazz of Physics, Stephon Alexander and Grammy-nominated bassist Melvin Gibbs will demonstrate Fourier’s thesis with drums, saxophone, and bass guitar. Drums, in particular, pose challenges that are fundamentally different from melodic instruments; how are emotion, groove, and musical expression evoked from these noise-like devices? Some great music will come our way.

Davy Lazar's catalog of new quartet music, Birds of Augury, is a constantly evolving series of compositions
modeled after scenes in a surrealist narrative he is writing to mirror emotional landmarks in his life. Utilizing
a chordless instrumentation is vital to the harmonically orbital, guttural nature of this project. Pulling and
molding from influences such as Bartok, Mingus, Ligeti, Feldman, and Roscoe Mitchell, Lazar aims to create a
boundary-less totality of his voice as a composer and improviser. Textural explosions, chorale-like moments of
solace, soaring melodies, powerful rhythmic hocketing & exploratory noise all comprise the mysterious and
spacious sonic zone throughout "Birds of Augury"

Born in the heart of Tel - Aviv, jazz musician and vocalist Gaya Feldheim- Schorr was introduced to music at
home. Her mother, a multi-media artist, brought her up to be highly receptive to diversity and acquainted with
a multitude of musical genres and eras, all coming to form the musical fiber of her artistic palate. Drawing
from her vast repertoire and wide ranging skillset, Gaya is creating her own space in the shifting and
unrelenting flow of the New York jazz scene. Through her unique tastes and her deft arranging skills, Gaya
creates projects that both defy classification and celebrate great musical traditions. She takes on various
musical matter from pieces she has felt connected to at different points in her life, spanning classical, jazz,
singer songwriter, and indie rock, and reimagines them both through new orchestration, arrangement and
improvisation. Her current project presents an arch surrounding a recurring theme of Benjamin Britten's
choral work "A Ceremony of Carols", with jazz standards, Israeli folk, and contemporary songwriter pieces
interspersed.

Bassist and composer Michael Blanco returns to the Cornelia Street Cafe with an all-star line up of
collaborators: veteran tenor saxophonist Rich Perry, pianist Aaron Goldberg and master drummer Clarence
Penn. The quartet will be supporting their new album release Spirit Forward on Brooklyn Jazz Underground
Records, and will be performing compositions praised by Jazz Times magazine for their "dusky, imploring
quality, with catchy, insistent hooks and compelling harmonies".

"Sporting a rich, dark sound on the bass, Michael Blanco has been a highly sought-after talent since arriving in
New York in 2000. A gifted bassist whose muscular lines are matched by lyrical upper register work on his
solos, Michael particularly shines as a composer."--Seton Hawkins, Hot House Magazine

Canadian vocalist and composer Kari van der Kloot has a unique vocal sound that has been described as
“ethereal” and “bell-like”. Her thoughtful compositions and arrangements show an intensely personal
commitment to the lyrics and music: every word is felt deeply and honestly, and the music is intricate while
leaving room for each band member to express themselves. Kari has performed throughout the United States,
Canada and South Korea.

This is a sentence out of one of the lyrics Hiske
Oosterwijk wrote to Alex Spipiagin’s music. It’s her vision towards singing. ‘I breathe in and every note and sound
comes with love’. When she sings she wants to touch the audience, inspire them, entertain them. Hiske brings
her quartet to Cornelia Street for a set of arrangements on jazz standards and original compositions.

Hiske
Oosterwijk (1989) is a jazz vocalist, born and raised in Friesland, NL. She’s been working for several years with
Alex Sipiagin in the New Path Quintet with whom she toured a lot around the world and released 2 albums, the
third is on its way. Hiske also released her own album ‘Embraser Vivre Aimer’ in September 2016 with the band
EVA with whom she won the 2017 Concours de la Chanson.

‘I’ve experienced a driven, very motivated and
hardworking musician. Always eager to learn and grow to a higher musical level.’ – Alex Sipiagin

‘Hiske is
voice-technically very strong and this appears in her performance and repertoire, where you can see a flexible
and versatile vocalist.’ – Leeuwarder Courant
www.hiskeoosterwijk.nl

The performance will feature rarely done standards and fresh original music in preparation for an upcoming recording later in 2018!

After making New York City her home in 2009, Vicki has performed at such venues as Birdland, The Iridium, The Metropolitan Room, Jazz at the Kitano, Zinc Bar, The Cupping Room Cafe, North Square and a three year long residency at the elegant Lexington Hotel. Known for her the beauty of her tone and her powerful 3 octave range, Vicki Burns brings her soulful interpretations of rarely done standards from the Great American Songbook and original music back to Cornelia Street Cafe with the duo of Art Hirahara on piano, and bassist Sam Bevan who is currently writing new arrangements for Vicki’s upcoming recording in late fall of 2018.

Nasser and Sperrazza explore diverse original compositions with two modern masters rounding out the
quartet: Ethan Iverson and Michael Formanek.

“[Nasser possesses] superlative musicianship as a performer, writer and a bandleader…ardent creativity and
urbane artistic composure” – Hrayr Attarian, All About Jazz

"Sperrazza, like Elvin, is a master of polyrhythms and but deploys them in hidden, tactical ways...maintaining
the balance between the mainstream and the mad scientist modes." - S. Victor Aaron, Something Else

This is a new project for George, and Colin. The two have played together in many different situation. Through
playing in these situation they have found there to be deep chemistry musically. Join as this duo plays publicly
for the first time.

The leaderless trio will be back at Cornelia St. Cafe after a week long tour in the USA. Playing all new music in
preparation for a new recording this summer. Since te release of their second album, Limitless, the three
gentleman have become some of the most active players in NYC with support of the likes of Dr. Lonnie Smith,
Billy Hart, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jonathan Kreisberg, Gilad Hekselman, Ari Hoenig, Peter Bernstein. Come out and
support this beautiful night of music!!

Better known as a sideman with Joe Lovano, George Garzone, Alfredo Rodriguez and others, bassist Peter
Slavov has been writing music since his early days as a professional musician. He and his quartet will be
performing some of this music, as well as new music written for the occasion.

The Italian American Writers Association is celebrating its 26th Anniversary. Since 1991, IAWA has given voice to writers through its literary series every 2nd Saturday of the month. Readings begin with an Open Mic: IAWA-East is held even months at Sidewalk Café and IAWA-West continues at Cornelia Street Café on odd months.

Join Andrew Rathbun as he returns to Cornelia Street Cafe with this stellar ensemble as they play
compositions from Andrew’s last record, Numbers & Letters, as well as pieces from the just recorded new CD
"Character Study."

This band has a “gritty-cool character” while exhibiting “super sophisticated playing” (Jazzwise). Rathbun’s
compositions have been
described as "lyrical, with great facility in developing complex moods” (Toronto Star).